| |
|
Good Hair: A Novel 76 reviews Benilde Little
Scribner, 1997
Alice Andrews
+ Intriguing read, excellent for Black Book Clubs. + loved it + A Sory of Our Time
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Sisters and Lovers 31 reviews Connie Briscoe
One World/Ballantine, 1996
I was surprised...
+ Similar to "Waiting to Exhale." + A good man is hard to find!
Usually I go for the mysteries where people die and things happen that will keep me scared and up all night. I picked this book by luck. It happened to be based in the area I've lived all my life and thought I'd give it a try. Turns out this book kept me up all night, not scared, but waiting to ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Hand I Fan With 73 reviews Tina Mcelroy Ansa
Anchor, 1997
hand i fan with
+ Wow! I want a ghost boyfriend too! + I Wish I had a man like Hermon.
this book is (as the kids say) off the chain!!!!!!!!!!!!excellent reading. i've read it cover to cover about 3 times and will start again.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Don't Block the Blessings 39 reviews Patti Labelle
Riverhead Hardcover, 1996
Joy to read this book
+ Don't Block the Blessings + AWESOME BOOK + What a blessing to read! + Patti**Soul Sister #1
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Lil Mamas Rules: A Novel 141 reviews Sheneska Jackson
Simon & Schuster, 1997
MS. JACKSON DID HER THING!!!
+ Great Book + lil mamas rules + amazing
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Tar Baby (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) 53 reviews Toni Morrison
Plume, 1987
totally different than i envisioned- in a really great way
+ "No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence." + What Is This Book About? + Toni Morrison's examination of this topic is, in my opinion, wonderful. + A poignant and contemporary struggle
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Waiting to Exhale 62 reviews Terry McMillan
Viking Adult, 1992
To Have a Man or Not Have a Man, That Is the Question
+ "4" Stars for a different reason
Because of the subject matter, I thought that this book would be dull. On the outside, it seems to be about "getting a man." But the primary theme of this paperback is the importance of friends. As the four friends struggle in their efforts to find "a good man", they find that their girlfriends ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Kinfolks (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 13 reviews Kristin Hunter Lattany
One World/Ballantine, 1997
Excellent
+ They Were Both Liberated and Breaking All the Rules + Free Love + I Don't Need a Husband = A Mess!
From cover to cover this book is a winner. From the first page I was hooked. There are enough twists and turns to keep the reader intrigued.Patrice and Cherry are a riot.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Disappearing Acts 104 reviews Terry McMillan
Viking Adult, 1989
Prepare for Laughs
+ hated the ending + This is Terry's Best... + Good Fun + The book was great!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Friends and Lovers 271 reviews Eric Jerome Dickey
Dutton Adult, 1997
AAMBC Reviews
+ One of his best! + Dickey hit a home run + LOVE this book! + Do yourself a favor... READ THIS BOOK!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Singing in the Comeback Choir 45 reviews Bebe Moore Campbell
Putnam Adult, 1998
Much coffee needed
I consider myself a quick reader, and I always read a book until it ends. It took me a little over a year to read this book.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Big Girls Don't Cry 47 reviews Connie Briscoe
One World/Ballantine, 1997
The BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!
+ Powerful + One of my alltime favorites + REVELATION + Love and purpose............................................
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Sula (Plume) 80 reviews Toni Morrison
Longman, 2005
Sula
+ my personal fave + One of her best + Snapshot of Sula + Great Book for a Quiet Weekend
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Oprah's Book Club) 431 reviews Pearl Cleage
Harper Paperbacks, 1998
My favorite Book of ALL time!
+ topic very interesting
I didnt pick this book up because it was on Oprah's Book Club, I picked it up while browsing Costco for a new fiction book, YEARS ago when it first came out. I absolutely LOVED this book! Made me want to move to the south and get back to whats real. It has a genuine down-home charm and who would ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Song of Solomon (Oprah's Book Club) 217 reviews Toni Morrison
Plume, 1987
Masterpiece [25]
+ Morrison's gold + perfection!
Morrison's "Song of Solomon" encapsulates her strongest skills into one novel.
The story line is unparalleled - it eclipses even some of her other highly acclaimed pieces like "Sula" or "Beloved." The dialect delivered by the people is equal to that shown in "Jazz" or "Beloved." And, her ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Tar Baby (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) 53 reviews Toni Morrison
Plume, 1987
totally different than i envisioned- in a really great way
+ "No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence." + What Is This Book About? + Toni Morrison's examination of this topic is, in my opinion, wonderful. + A poignant and contemporary struggle
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Song of Solomon (Oprah's Book Club) 217 reviews Toni Morrison
Plume, 1987
Masterpiece [25]
+ Morrison's gold + perfection!
Morrison's "Song of Solomon" encapsulates her strongest skills into one novel.
The story line is unparalleled - it eclipses even some of her other highly acclaimed pieces like "Sula" or "Beloved." The dialect delivered by the people is equal to that shown in "Jazz" or "Beloved." And, her ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Singing in the Comeback Choir 45 reviews Bebe Moore Campbell
Putnam Adult, 1998
Much coffee needed
I consider myself a quick reader, and I always read a book until it ends. It took me a little over a year to read this book.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Lil Mamas Rules: A Novel 141 reviews Sheneska Jackson
Simon & Schuster, 1997
MS. JACKSON DID HER THING!!!
+ Great Book + lil mamas rules + amazing
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Sisters and Lovers 31 reviews Connie Briscoe
One World/Ballantine, 1996
I was surprised...
+ Similar to "Waiting to Exhale." + A good man is hard to find!
Usually I go for the mysteries where people die and things happen that will keep me scared and up all night. I picked this book by luck. It happened to be based in the area I've lived all my life and thought I'd give it a try. Turns out this book kept me up all night, not scared, but waiting to ...
|
|
|
|
|
|